Definitions For Return

noun

  • The act of someone appearing again
  • A coming to or returning home
  • Getting something back again
  • The act of going back to a prior location
  • (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble
  • A tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player
  • A reciprocal group action
  • The key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed
  • Document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability
  • A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
  • Happening again (especially at regular intervals)
  • The occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction
  • The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
  • The act of coming or going back to the place you started from or to a place where you were before
  • The act of going back to an activity, job, situation, etc. : the act of starting to do something again after stopping
  • The fact that something (such as a condition, feeling, or situation) happens again

verb

  • Go back to a previous state
  • Be restored
  • Answer back
  • Submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority
  • Go back to something earlier
  • Pass down
  • Make a return
  • Give or supply
  • Go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
  • Return to a previous position; in mathematics
  • Bring back to the point of departure
  • Be inherited by
  • Pay back
  • Give back
  • Return in kind
  • Elect again
  • To come or go to a place again : to come back or go back again
  • To bring, give, send, or take (something) to the place that it came from or the place where it should go
  • To bring or send (something that you bought) to the place that it came from because it does not work or fit properly, because it is damaged, etc.

Is Return a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
6
Words with Friends
8

The word Return is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Return in a Sentence

  • We waited for you to return.
  • She is returning home tomorrow.
  • I'm leaving but will return at 2 p.m.
  • We are looking forward to your return.
  • We're looking forward to our return to Europe.
  • The team looked forward to his return to coaching.

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Antonyms for Return

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